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CONCLUSION The association between previous antibiotic administration and the onset of KD was demonstrated. Antibiotics may contribute to the development of KD by affecting the intestinal microbiota in infants and young children. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.AIM An accurate biomarker for metabolic acidosis at birth is needed. Our aims were to investigate the link between umbilical artery pCO2 and the risk for hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) and to compare false-negative screen results in newborn infants with HIE using three umbilical artery blood gas biomarkers. METHODS From a cohort of newborn infants ≥35 weeks born in Ottawa, Canada, between January 2007 and December 2016, we highlighted those with HIE or who died. We compared the umbilical artery pCO2 for matched pH >mean versus matched pH ≤mean. We compared false-negative rates for three umbilical artery biomarkers-pH mean was 22%, compared to 78% for matched pH ≤mean. In 60 HIE or deaths, the false-negative rate for umbilical artery neonatal eucapnic pH ≤7.14 was 8%; compared to 31% for pH less then 7.00 and 36% for base deficit ≥16 mmol/L. CONCLUSION The rate of HIE or death is lower in newborn infants with higher pCO2 . Using neonatal eucapnic pH decreases the risk of missing newborn infants with HIE. © 2020 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Pediatric anesthetists have an important role to play in the management of patients suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19. In many institutions, the COVID-19 intubation teams are staffed with anesthetists as the proceduralists working throughout the hospitals also in the ICU and Emergency Departments. As practitioners who perform aerosol generating procedures involving the airway, we are at high risk of exposure to the virus SARS-CoV-2 and need to ensure we are well prepared and trained to manage such cases. This article reviews the relevant pediatric literature surrounding COVID-19 and summarizes the key recommendations for anesthetists involved in the care of children during this pandemic. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.The aim of this systematic review was to qualitatively synthesise the available research that investigated the influence of COMT genotype at SNP rs4680 on both task-based and resting-state connectivity in healthy adults. Thirty-five studies were identified that met inclusion criteria. Of the included studies, 20 studies reported resting-state findings and 16 studies reported task-based findings (emotion processing, memory, working memory, reward-based learning, and executive function). Studies were highly heterogeneous but an overall trend towards an association of the Val allele with greater resting-state connectivity and the Met allele with greater task-based connectivity is reported. A possible interpretation of current findings is discussed, whereby the Val allele is associated with improved cognitive flexibility allowing integration of novel relevant stimuli, and the Met allele allows improved sustained attention and targeted neural processing, particularly between limbic regions and prefrontal cortex. The most promising brain regions implicated in a COMT genotype influence on functional connectivity include prefrontal regions, amygdala and hippocampus. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Species that evolved in temperate regions during the Pleistocene experienced periods of extreme climatic transitions. Consequent population fragmentation and dynamics had the potential to generate small, isolated populations where the influence of genetic drift would be expected to be strong. We use comparative genomics to assess the evolutionary influence of historical demographics and natural selection through a series of transitions associated with the formation of the genus Capreolus, speciation within this genus during the Quaternary and during divergence among European roe deer (C. capreolus) populations. Our analyses were facilitated by the generation of a new high-coverage reference genome for the Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus). We find progressive reductions in effective population size (Ne), despite very large census sizes in modern C. capreolus populations and show that low Ne has impacted the C. capreolus genome, reducing diversity and increasing linkage disequilibrium. Even so, we find evidence for natural selection shared among C. capreolus populations, including a historically documented founder population that has been through a severe bottleneck. During each phylogenetic transition there is evidence for selection (e.g. using evidence from non-synonymous change or population data), including at loci associated with diapause (delayed embryonic development), a phenotype restricted to this genus among the even-toed ungulates. Together these data allow us to assess expectations for the origin and diversification of a mammalian genus during a period of extreme environmental change. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/Abiraterone.html This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.OBJECTIVES While there is much evidence to support the use of simulation based education (SBE) in undergraduate education of healthcare professionals, less attention has been paid to how SBE, viewed as a complex intervention, is implemented and becomes embedded and sustained. This paper aims to explore factors that inhibited or promoted SBE becoming normal practice in undergraduate healthcare professional programmes. METHODS Participants involved in the organisation, design and delivery of SBE in the North of England were recruited purposefully from Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and National Health Service (NHS) Trusts through local networks for qualitative telephone interviews. Transcripts were analysed inductively using a hybrid approach involving simultaneous inductive open coding and deductive coding using Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) as a theoretical lens. FINDINGS Twelve NHS staff from 11 trusts and seven individuals from four HEIs were interviewed. There was considerable variation in the approach taken to implementation across organisations which resulted in varying degrees of embeddedness. Implementation was challenged or enabled by organisational leadership, professional buy-in, and the development and maturity of strategic approach. Variation in understanding of the scope and pedagogical aims of SBE led to inequity between professions and organisations in investment and participation as well as design and delivery of SBE. CONCLUSION Given the complexity of SBE best practice in implementation should be considered fundamental to the successful delivery of SBE. Findings provide an explanation of how contextual factors can support or hinder implementation to maximise potential benefits and learning outcomes; this understanding can be used to better inform development of SBE strategies and highlight potential factors needed to navigate contextual barriers so that learning outcomes can be maximised. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.